Opportunity valley
Subtitle: a history of the Delaware River Valley before 1800
By: Edwin G. York.
Publisher: Xlibris
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Philadelphia]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781425790936; 9781425790813
Subjects: Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: Opportunity valley : an overview of this history; title: A world-class seaport; title: Dutch beginnings, 1600-1664; title: The Swedish colony, 1638-1655; title: English rule, 1664-1680; title: West Jersey, 1674-1776; title: Pennsylvania, 1681-1776; title: Benjamin Franklin, a major inventor of Pennsylvania and America, 1706-1790; title: The Lower Counties on the Delaware, 1682-1799; title: A Cradle and a Crucible for American freedom; title: The Valley's campaign against keeping slaves; title: Connecticut's county on the Delaware, 1753-1799; title: The headwaters counties in New York Colony and State, 1683-1799; title: The Valley as a center for American culture; title: The Valley's people, working together; title: Appendices; title: Notes; title: Acknowledgments; title: Index.